Energy balance closure of eddy-covariance data: A multisite analysis for European FLUXNET stations

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 150, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1553-1567

  Franssen, H J Hendricks ^a,b,c   Stockli R ^d   Lehner, I ^a   Rotenberg, E ^e   Seneviratne, S I ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^e WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atmospheric stability; Eddy covariance flux measurements; Energy balance closure; Friction velocity; Land atmosphere interactions; Thermal turbulence

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MICROMETEOROLOGY; NET RADIATION;

EID: 77957878860     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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